He was born in Zapatoca, and graduated from the Colegio de San Pedro Claver in 1936, going on to a journalistic career.
He was known for his novels Babel (1945) and Las manzanas del paraiso (1960).
In 1965, he founded the tabloid El Espacio.
He was the father of the politician Pablo Ardila Sierra.
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